Seal.



E. J. BROOKS.

SEAL.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3, 190B.

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114s NORRIS FETEKS cm, WAsHlllflrON. 0. c.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

UNFTED STATES PATENT OFFFOE.

EDWARD J. BROOKS, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

SEAL.

Application filed hlovember 3, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. BROOKS, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of East Orange, in the State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Seals, of which the following .is a specification.

This invention is additional to the improvement in seals described and claimed in my specification forming part of United States Letters Patent N 0. 630,321, dated August 8, 1899; and it relates therewith, as an improvement, to press-fastened or pressfastenable seals, the shackles and seal disks of which are of flexible wire and of sheet metal respectively.

The present invention consists in a novel combination of parts as hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

The leading object of this invention is to provide the seal disk of such a seal with a label disk of paper, cloth, or the like, inseparably attached as part thereof, and supported against the flat middle portion of the sheet-metal seal-disk part.

Other objects will be set forth in the general description, which follows.

A sheet of drawings accompanies this specification as art thereof.

Figures 1 an 2 are perspective views of the two parts of the improved seal disk as they appear before being united Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the face and lower edge of the completed seal disk; 1 is a perspective view showing the back and slotted edge of the completed seal disk; Fig. 5 is a face view of the completed seal as it leaves the factory; Fig. 6 is a like view of the same seal, press-fastened, as it appears in use; Fig. 7 represents a cross section on a larger scale, through the seal as it leaves the factory, on the line AB, Fig. 5; and Fig. 8 is a face view of a relatively small seal constructed on the same principle, illustrating the fact that the improvement may be embodied in seals of any desired size.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in all the figures.

The improved seal, as a whole, is composed of a flexible wire shackle, a or a, and a seal disk, l) or b, permanently united with each other at the factory as shown in Figs. 5 and 7 and in Fig. 8 and hereinafter more particularly described. The shackle a is preferably and conveniently cut from zigzag or crimped single wire in continuous lengths;

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Serial No. 60,972.

the crimps of which facilitate thrusting the shackle ends into the seal disk preliminary to fastening them respectively within the disk,- but for the urposes of the present invention the shac e may be of any preferred wire sufliciently flexible and adapted to be so used.

The seal disk I) is composed of two arts, 1 and 2, shown detached respectively by Figs. 1 and 2. The seal-disk part 1 (Fig. 1) is a flat label disk of paper, cloth or the like, preferably waterproof, having on its face any required permanent lettering such as the names of the shipper and consignee, either or both, and a consecutive number, together with a date blank and a blank for the name of the sealer or shipping clerk, as shown in Fig. 5, and adapted to be written upon, as in Fig. 6, to fill the blanks when the seal is used.

The seal-disk part 2 (Fig. 2) is of sheet metal, and is first stamped in the shape of a shallow cup, as shown in Fig. 2, with any desired lettering embossed in its flat middle portion, 3, as represented by B and PHILA. With the seal-disk part 2 in this form, the label disk 1 is dropped into it, and the rim, 4, Fig. 2, of the sheet-metal part is converted into an annular tube, 4:,

igs. 5-7, having a butt joint, 5, within which the label disk 1 is securely fastened in contact with the flat middle portion 3 of the sheet-metal part. After the parts of the seal disk 6 are thus united, the seal disk is turned on edge and slotted to provide it with a pair of inlet holes, 6 and 7, as shown in Fig. 4. One end of the shackle a is then inserted endwise into one of the inlet holes 6-7, and that portion of the annular tube 4, occupied by the inserted shackle end is compressed at the factory, as represented at 8, in Figs. 5 and 7, to permanently unite the parts of the seal. In this and the succeeding press-fastening or sealing operation, performed when the seal is ut into use, and represented at 9, Fi 6, t e rim of the relatively soft label disk 1, projecting into the tube 4, as shown in Fig. 7, will materially assist in securing the shackle ends within the seal disk. The use of the label disk 1 to receive su erposed marks as in Fig. 6, is facilitated by the fact that it is solidly supported behind by said flat middle portion 3 of the sheet-metal part 2.

As illustrated at a and b, and at 1, 2' and 8, in Fig. 8, very small seals, as well as the larger seals represented by Figs. 1-7 and of the shackle, said marginal tube being intermediate sizes, may embody the construction above described; and other like modifications Will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art. 7

Having thus described said improvement, I claim as my invention, and desire to patent under this specification:

A press-fastening seal having, in combination with a flexible Wire shackle, a sheet' metal part including a fiat middle portion and a marginal tube having a butt seam and provided With inlet holes to admit the ends compressible to fastenthe respective shackle ends successively, and a label disk of paper or the like, backed by said fiat middle portion of the sheet-metal part, and held by its rim Within the butt seam of said sheet-metal part, the edge of said label disk projecting into said tube and interacting with the shackle ends to facilitate press-fastening them, substantially as hereinbefore descrih edv EDWARD J. BROOKS, Witnesses:

W. M. BRooKs, A. LINNENKOHL. 

